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The Diversity of Local Wisdom, Art and Cultural in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2021) 58(3): 4129-4132 ISSN: 00333077 The Diversity of Local Wisdom, Art and Cultural in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar Arunee Charoensup1, Nungrutai Jangsuwan2, Knin Saw New3, Daw Bay Dar4 1,2 Thepsatri Rajabhat University, Lopburi Province, Thailand 3,4 University of Yangon, Yangon City, Republic of the Union of Myanmar 1 [email protected] ABSTRACT The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has the largest territory in South East Asia, border with China, India and Thailand which results the diversity in local wisdom, art and cultural and also ethnic groups. This study aims to gather the knowledge and develop multimedia of local wisdom, art and cultural in Yangon. For data collection, both primary data (survey and interview) and secondary data are applied in this research. This study is the research collaboration between Thepsatri Rajabhat University and University of Yangon. The series of multimedia in ''The Diversity of Local Wisdom, Art and Cultural in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar'' are developed in 7 categories as 1) Myanmar..the land of rice field and river, 2) The local wisdom in performing art, 3) Yangon, 4) The local wisdom in art and craft, 5) The local wisdom in art and cultural, 6) The biodiversity and tourist attraction in Yangon, 7) The local wisdom in Myanmar cuisine. The evaluation of production quality by 5 experts reveals that the multimedia is attractive with useful and understandable content/sound, also appropriate to utilize as a learning resource Keywords Local wisdom, Art and Culture, Yangon, Myanmar Article Received: 10 August 2020, Revised: 25 October 2020, Accepted: 18 November 2020 Introduction 2. Primary research is applied in this study using field survey and interview to gather wisdom of knowledge in Art Myanmar or the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the and Cultural in research field. largest country in South East Asia, boarded by China and 3. Data Triangulation: to confirmed the validity and India where Tenasserim hills is in between Myanmar and reliability of data before the production phase. Thailand in their northern and central region. The richness Film Production [4,5,6,7] of natural resource is the prominent point including 4. Pre-production agricultural land, mineral orc, and petroleum. The art and 4.1 Develops the production schedule and define the cultural of Myanmar are also of interesting aspect to location. investigate as a result of diversity in culture and racial. In 4.2 Prepares the movie script with quality, value, present, western culture currently has an influence and performance, ethic. changing society; such as technology advancement, living, 5. Production clothing, cuisine, social manner, or education system which Conducts video production followed by production result in the risk of loss in traditional knowledge, culture, schedule. The 57 episodes of multimedia are developed. The art, and local language [1]. For this reason, this research length of each episode is about 3 minutes. aims to study and gather data regarding "the diversity of 6. Post-production local wisdom, art and cultural in Yangon, Republic of the 6.1 Audio post production and video editing using Adobe Union of Myanmar" in purpose to protect precious Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe knowledge from the loss. The collected knowledge would Audition, Adobe after Effects, DVD Encoder, Macromedia collect in the form multimedia which is attractive and easy Flash, Stop Motion Pro 4.0 and Nero Express to understand. 6.2 Validation and correction. Research Objectives 7. Evaluation Evaluates the quality of multimedia production in Data gathering, analyzing in "the local wisdom, art and appropriateness, timeline, duration, attractiveness, and culture of Yangon, the union of Myanmar", developing into content with 5 experts in multimedia production. a series of multimedia and evaluate production quality are 8. Edits and Revises the multimedia. the main research investigation. 9. Summarizes and develops the final report. Data Analysis [8,9] 1. Content analysis is applied to summarizes and develops Reserch Methodology data into document and multimedia production. 2. Qualitative analysis is applied to evaluates the production Materials and Methods [2,3] quality of multimedia in 6 main issues. 1. Secondary research in related context which are socio- cultural context, local wisdom, and knowledge transferred. 4129 www.psychologyandeducation.net PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2021) 58(3): 4129-4132 ISSN: 00333077 Research Results Myanmar Traditional Performing Art The results are presented into 2 parts; Traditional music comedy and dance drama have a fundamental inspiration from myth as well the moral and Multimedia production religion precept of Buddhist and Brahman. Dancing is the main type of performing art during the festival in Myanmar The multimedia in "The Diversity of Local Wisdom, Art and called "Pwe". The most famous is "Zat Pwe duet dance" Culture in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar" is which is all night performances which combine melodrama, developed 57 episodes. The length of each episode is slapstick, traditional dance, and even pop music. In addition, approximately 3 mins, the appropriate duration to get Myanmar puppet show or "Yokhe Pwe" is a special audience attention. The content is divided in 8 categories as performance compared with the other performance as a set follows; consists of at least 28 puppets. Some puppet has around 60 strings controller while each puppet has its own particular Myanmar…the land of rice field and river way of dancing, with accompanying music and song. In this category, there are 3 episodes as follows; 1) Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Traditional Dancing, 2) Myanmar Traditional Dancing is the country in Southeast Asia, is the country of great Drama, 3) Myanmar Traditional Puppet Show. ancient civilization with the long mountain range and the large forest area as well as the distinctive style of pagoda, the Buddhist monk in dark red brown robe, and the city of artistic teak. Myanmar also considered as the country of ethnically diverse with more than 135 distinct ethnic groups with more than 242 different ethnolinguistic groups. In present, there are more than 60 million population. Mainly 8 major national ethic races as (1) Bamar, (2) Kachin, (3) Kayah, (4) Kayin, (5) Chin, (6) Mon, (7) Rakhine, and (8) Figure 2 Myanmar Traditional Performing Art Shan [10,11]. Myanmar is also known as a country of magnificent culture with the long history and grand 3. Yangon…the City of History architecture. A long great history the majority culture is influenced by Theravada Buddhism which manifested in Yangon or previously known as Dagon is Myanmar's largest their language, music, cuisine and the place of worship as a city and a place of tourist destination as it is a historically center of life. The faint in religion is on the mind of all important with ethnic diversity and religions which people. There are variety in Myanmar cuisine, Way of Life, surrounded with the river as its traditional peninsula setting and Social Living in regard to the myriad of ethnic group. In between Bago, Yangon, and Hlaing river. The upstream this category, there are 18 episodes as follows; 1) Ways of river is on the Pegu mountain range roundabout the west to Life, 2) The Great Faith, 3) History of Myanmar, 4) the south of city through Shwedagon Pagoda and the gulf of Tradition and Culture, 5) The Circle of Season, 6) The Land Martaban. Yangon is a city of main trading port, 30 of Agriculture, 7) The Land of Mineral Resource, 8) the kilometers away from the deep-sea port, with wonderful Ethnicity and Diversity, 9) Religion, Faith, Believe, 10) The array of colonial-era buildings. In this category, there is 1 Spirit of Myanmar, 11) Naming and Believing, 12) Sport episode: Yangon… the city of history. and Recreation, 13) Clothing and Apparel, 14) TANAKA "the Secret of Beauty", 15) Betel Chewing, 16) "Longyi, the Traditional Style of Myanmar Wearing", 17) The Golden and Silver Multi-Tiered Umbrella, 18) the Blessing Card, the Key of Victory. Figure 3 Yangon… the city of history 4. Myanmar Local Wisdom of Art and Craft Figure 1(a) Myanmar…the land of rice field and river Art and Craft of Myanmar are categorized into 10 types called "Pan Sel Myo" as Panchi (painting), Punpu (wood sculpture), Panbe (iron work), Panyun (handicraft), Panpoot (wood rubbling), Panyan (constructing), Pantaut (decorative floral design), Pantamaut (stone curving), Patain (making object with gold and silver), Pante (making material with copper bronze or brass). Myanmar traditional woven fabric is reflecting the ways of life and performs as the record of Figure 1(b) Myanmar…the land of rice field and river history. "Lun taya or Lun taya acheik" is a distinctive wave www.psychologyandeducation.net 4130 PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION (2021) 58(3): 4129-4132 ISSN: 00333077 pattern of Myanmar textile. In this category, there are 7 indigenous wildlife species in their natural habitats. In this episodes as follows; 1) Myanmar Traditional Craftsman, 2) category, there are 3 episodes as follows; 1) Kandawgyi Yun-The, Myanmar Traditional Lacquerware, 3) Myanmar Lake, 2) Hlawga wildlife park, 3) Mahabandoola Park. Woven Fabric, 4) Metalware, 5) Wood Sculpture, 6) Wooden Figure Sculpture, 7) Needlecraft. Figure 6 Biodiversity and Botanical Tourism in Yangon Figure 4 Myanmar Local Wisdom of Art and Craft 7. Myanmar Traditional Food and Cuisine 5. Myanmar
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